Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler Shares That He’s Colorblind Following Stroke
An update from Lawler.
In September 2025, Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler suffered a stroke. He previously suffered strokes in 2023 and 2018. A new update on Lawler came via his appearance on Action News 5.
Lawler said the following about his recovery:
“Oh gosh, I get asked that question 50 times a day. I like to say something I saw on the news recently was people say, ‘Uh, six or seven…’ I’ll get up to seven and boop, somehow, I’ll go back to six.
You can’t know when you’re gonna have ‘em, and it’s just, boom, you have it. I was in Florida by myself and woke up one morning and everything was messed up, and I had to call Lauren (McBride) to come down from Memphis and to get me from the hospital and everything down there.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Lawler revealed that the recent stroke left him colorblind.
“Because I’m colorblind and I can’t see the colors, and this is black and white,” Lawler said about a painting.
Lawler is 76 years of age.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Action News 5 with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
